Paper-file.



No. 663,775. Y Patented Dec'. Il', |9001.

J. w. mcco'vf. SADDLE.

(Application led Apr. 7, 1900.)

(Ilo Model.)

IINTTnn STATES PATENT @Ti-Teint FRANCIS JAMES MCDONNEIL, OF NEW BEDFORD,MASSACHUSETTS, AS` SIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FREDERICK T. ALMY, OF SAMEPLACE;

PAPER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 663,776, dated December11, 1900;

i Application filed October 17, 1900. Serial No. 33,394. (No model.)

To if/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS JAMES MODON- NELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New Bedford, in the county of Bristol andState of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Paper-File, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved file whichis simple and durable in construction and arranged to securely holdreceipts, bills, or like documents in place and to prevent the documentsfrom becoming accidentally detached from the iile.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both theviews.

Figure l. is a sectional side elevation of the improvement, and Fig. 2is a plan view of the same with parts in section.

On a suitably-constructed base or stand A is secured a tube B, adaptedto receive receipts, bills, or like documents, the lowermost documentabutting against a flange C, formed on the tube a short distance abovethe base A. In the tube B, which forms the holder for the documents,extends loosely a spindle D, the upper pointed end extending above theupper end of the tube, the lower end of said spindle extending in thebase A and resting on the rear end of a lever E, fulcrumed at E in thesides of the base A. The extreme lower end mof the lever E carries anupwardly-extending rod F, on which is adjustably held a guard G in theform of a rod having its forward end terminating in a fork, between themembers of whichfextends the upper projecting end of the spindle D. Theguard G is held between nuts F F2, which screw on the upper threaded endof the rod F to permit of adjusting the guard G on the rod 'F to bringthe fork end thereof in proper relation to the projecting end of thespindle D. The guard Galso extends loosely through a slot H, formed inthe upper end of the back H, secured to the top of the base A betweenthe tube B and the rod F. The back H serves to prevent the operator fromplacing the bills, receipts, dac., too far over on the spindle D andtube B to interfere with the proper workings of the rod F. The forwardend of the lever E is made suiiiciently heavy to hold the spindle D andthe rod F normally in the uppermost position shown in Fig. l.

When the operator desires to place a bill, receipt, or like documentupon the file, he places the document in contact with the pointed end ofthe spindle D and then presses downward on the document, so as to forcethe point of the spindle through the paper, and in doing so the pressureexerted against the spindle D in a downward direction causes the latterto slide downward in the tube B. The downward movement of the spindle Dimparts a swinging movement to the lever E, whereby the rod F swingsrearward and the guard G moves out of engagement with the spindle D, sothat the operator can slide the document down upon the spindle and nallyupon the tube B. As soon as the document passes from the spindle D uponthe tube then the pressure of the spindle is released, and consequentlythe lever E by its own weight swings back to its former position, thusbringing the guard G again into an active position relatively to thespindle D to prevent accidental displacement of the document on the tubeB and spindle D. A

Thus it will be seen that the guard G is in an active position toprevent the documents from becoming accidentally detached from the iile;but when the operator places another document in position on the filethe guard temporarily swings out of an active position into an inactiveposition to allow the passage of the document from the spindle to theliling-tube, as above explained.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl.. A paper-file having a fixed documentholder,a spindle for guidingadocument upon said holder and having movementrelative thereto, and aguard for the documents placed on iile, saidguard being controlled by said spindle, so that when the latter ispressed,

